{"id":40721,"date":"2011-03-24T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=40721"},"modified":"2011-07-27T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T20:27:18","slug":"medical-school-reaps-the-benefits-of-students-passion-for-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/03\/medical-school-reaps-the-benefits-of-students-passion-for-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical School Reaps the Benefits of Student’s Passion for Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pauley Chea, second year UConn medical student, on March 9, 2011. (Pauley Chea for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a kid growing up in Waterbury, second-year medical student Pauley Chea loved cameras and taking photographs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the ability to freeze a moment in time,\u201d explains Chea. \u201cIn real life, everything is moving, everything is dynamic. A photograph is a snapshot in time so you can really take your time studying a scene and looking at everything as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chea was able to continue his beloved hobby while as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut taking pictures for the Daily Campus school newspaper and videotaping short news pieces and documentaries for UCTV, the school TV station.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of fun and it gave me a way to see things and attend events that were happening around campus,\u201d says Chea. \u201cI was able to meet and talk with a lot of interesting people \u2013 people I probably would not have met otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chea was accepted into the School of Medicine after graduating from UConn in 2009 with a degree in physiology and neurobiology. Once school administrators learned about his creative talents, they asked him to produce a video they could show prospective students who came for a tour of the medical school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was happy to do it,\u201d says Chea. \u201cDuring my first year of medical school, I was so busy I didn\u2019t have much spare time so this was an opportunity to revisit my hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chea collected student photos from various sources, added some of his own, and packaged them together with music. Those who work in the Admissions Office have been thrilled with the video and say it offers a great first impression of the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt engages all of our applicants who watch the video intently and smile the entire time they are watching,\u201d says Elizabeth Whalen, medical school admissions program coordinator. \u201cIt relaxes them and takes the edge off of their anxiety while they are waiting. Employees and students recognize those who are in the video \u2013 everyone comments on the video \u2013 everyone loves it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chea believes some of the interpersonal skills he uses to take photographs may help him with his medical career. \u201cWhen you\u2019re taking a stranger\u2019s picture, you have to form a quick connection with that person. A lot of people aren\u2019t comfortable around cameras so you have to put them at ease, develop a rapport with them. It\u2019s similar when you meet a patient for the first time. You have to quickly build a relationship with them so they trust you.\u201d Chea initially thought he would specialize in emergency medicine but his love of photography is pulling him toward radiology because of the advanced imaging technology used in that field. Whatever career he decides on, Chea says, \u201cI hope to continue this hobby and find a way to integrate this love of mine into the work I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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